Kanye turned down $4.5 mil to perform in Vegas

[Silver Surfer]

Kanye West turned down an offer that could have made him the highest paid entertainer on the Las Vegas Strip … making Celine, Britney and J-Lo look like casino lounge acts.

TMZ has learned the offer would have lined his pocket to the tune of $4.5 MILLION … for just 9 days of work . Yet we’re told he walked away from it!

According to the written offer — obtained by TMZ — Yeezus would have performed 3 shows a week for 3 weeks at the Axis at Planet Hollywood. For that he would have scored a whopping $500,000 per show .

At that rate, he could have made more per show than J-Lo, who has an offer for $350K per show … Britney, who all told makes around $475K/show … and Celine Dion, who currently earns the most at $476K per concert.

All money ain’t good money, but do you know how many leather jogging pants he could have designed with that extra $4.5 million

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[SpacelySprockets]

Bbbbut theres no rappers on Britneys level that could make that much money in Vegas

 

[Ego Noir]

Bbbbut theres no rappers on Britneys level that could make that much money in Vegas

Kanye is a different type of artist. Theres probably nobody else in that bracket but Jay Z

 

[Silver Surfer]

Kanye is a different type of artist. Theres probably nobody else in that bracket but Jay Z

And they prolly took into account his shows are spectacles not just a rapper pacing back and fourth

 

[Rekkapryde]

I dunno about that shyt Ye....especially if he had creative control.

If he didn't, I understand.

 

[Ego Noir]

I dunno about that shyt Ye....especially if he had creative control.

If he didn't, I understand.

Breh hes trying to do deals with Prada and Louis Vuitton.

How would that look if he has performing in Vegas on his resume?

 

[HowardHughes]

chump change for yeezus

 

[Silver Surfer]

Breh hes trying to do deals with Prada and Louis Vuitton.

How would that look if he has performing in Vegas on his resume?

He primary source of income is music and performing

 

[Rekkapryde]

Breh hes trying to do deals with Prada and Louis Vuitton.

How would that look if he has performing in Vegas on his resume?

Is that bad?

 

[kingdizzy01]

Bbbbut theres no rappers on Britneys level that could make that much money in Vegas

kanye is a diva, not a rapper.

 

[Ego Noir]

He primary source of income is music and performing

he clearly cares a bit about a level of perception, he was trying to have his wedding in the Palace of Versailles.

Vegas caters to a different vibe.

 

[Wayans Brehs]

Maybe I missed it but why is performing in Vegas seen as a bad thing?

 

[The Bookie]

Kanye is a different type of artist. Theres probably nobody else in that bracket but Jay Z

Dude is an administrator in every sense of the word.

WTT would have been some standard "pace up and down the stage" show if it wasn't for Kanye. As a matter of fact, he vetoed a load Kanye's ideas for that tour.

Andre 3000 would kill Vegas if he wasn't such a headcase.

Here is why most there are only a handful of rappers suitable for Vegas (taken from this thread):

i been talking all this shyt and never even did any research

britney tickets start at $70 for ONE


a table is 6 people.... $525 a piece
front row seat START at $650

meet and greet backstage is 2500


that popstar money





and no... NO rapper is doing this... just skip around.. i can't see anyone paying $70 to sit in the back for snoop for 90 mins.. let alone could i see snoop doing ANY of this shyt

Even the Celine one is ridiculous.



And this is someone that's not dancing.

It's extravagant as fukk. People aren't paying these prices for a concert, it's a show.

The only rapper I can see doing something like this is Ye.

The extravagant shyt is right up Kanye's alley. You can see that from his tours dating back to 'Glow in the Dark'

Spoiler: Yeezus Tour High-Res

...but I'm not sure that he is in good enough standing with the general public at this moment to sustain 150+ shows in one spot, in a single year. Perhaps things will have changed by the time Vegas becomes a convenient proposition for him.

S

Still not quite the same. 9 shows isn't a great indicator of Consistency. J-lo has signed on for 72 shows (we'll see how that pans out), Britney signed on for 94 and has completed 54 shows. Celine Dion did 700+ in 5 years during her original residency + her DVD sales are nuts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Dion_albums_discography:wow:

 

[Streetcar]

He made like 3 mill to perform at a party.

 

[Streetcar]

Maybe I missed it but why is performing in Vegas seen as a bad thing?

Britney wasn't in Vegas during her prime. It's like where artists who are essentially done go to make money and settle down.